pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull up sth
Participle: pulled up sth
Gerund: pulling up sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull up sth
youpull up sth
he;she;itpulls up sth
wepull up sth
youpull up sth
theypull up sth

Perfect

Ihave pulled up sth
youhave pulled up sth
he;she;ithas pulled up sth
wehave pulled up sth
youhave pulled up sth
theyhave pulled up sth

Past

Ipulled up sth
youpulled up sth
he;she;itpulled up sth
wepulled up sth
youpulled up sth
theypulled up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled up sth
youhad pulled up sth
he;she;ithad pulled up sth
wehad pulled up sth
youhad pulled up sth
theyhad pulled up sth

Future

Iwill pull up sth
youwill pull up sth
he;she;itwill pull up sth
wewill pull up sth
youwill pull up sth
theywill pull up sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled up sth
youwill have pulled up sth
he;she;itwill have pulled up sth
wewill have pulled up sth
youwill have pulled up sth
theywill have pulled up sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull up sth
youpull up sth
he;she;itpull up sth
wepull up sth
youpull up sth
theypull up sth

Perfect

Ihave pulled up sth
youhave pulled up sth
he;she;ithave pulled up sth
wehave pulled up sth
youhave pulled up sth
theyhave pulled up sth

Imperfect

Ipulled up sth
youpulled up sth
he;she;itpulled up sth
wepulled up sth
youpulled up sth
theypulled up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled up sth
youhad pulled up sth
he;she;ithad pulled up sth
wehad pulled up sth
youhad pulled up sth
theyhad pulled up sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull up sth
youwould pull up sth
he;she;itwould pull up sth
wewould pull up sth
youwould pull up sth
theywould pull up sth

Perfect

Iwould have pulled up sth
youwould have pulled up sth
he;she;itwould have pulled up sth
wewould have pulled up sth
youwould have pulled up sth
theywould have pulled up sth

Imperative

youpull up sth
weLet's pull up sth
youpull up sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling up sth
youare pulling up sth
he;she;itis pulling up sth
weare pulling up sth
youare pulling up sth
theyare pulling up sth

Perfect

Ihave been pulling up sth
youhave been pulling up sth
he;she;ithas been pulling up sth
wehave been pulling up sth
youhave been pulling up sth
theyhave been pulling up sth

Past

Iwas pulling up sth
youwere pulling up sth
he;she;itwas pulling up sth
wewere pulling up sth
youwere pulling up sth
theywere pulling up sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling up sth
youhad been pulling up sth
he;she;ithad been pulling up sth
wehad been pulling up sth
youhad been pulling up sth
theyhad been pulling up sth

Future

Iwill be pulling up sth
youwill be pulling up sth
he;she;itwill be pulling up sth
wewill be pulling up sth
youwill be pulling up sth
theywill be pulling up sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling up sth
youwill have been pulling up sth
he;she;itwill have been pulling up sth
wewill have been pulling up sth
youwill have been pulling up sth
theywill have been pulling up sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling up sth
youwould be pulling up sth
he;she;itwould be pulling up sth
wewould be pulling up sth
youwould be pulling up sth
theywould be pulling up sth

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling up sth
youwould have been pulling up sth
he;she;itwould have been pulling up sth
wewould have been pulling up sth
youwould have been pulling up sth
theywould have been pulling up sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pull'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pull'

bull, cull, dull, full, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, pall,

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. pullian "to pluck or draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low Ger. pulen "remove the shell or husk." Original sense preserved in pull teeth, pull weeds, etc., by late 16c. it had replaced draw as the main word for this activity. The noun meaning "personal or private influence" is 1889 in Amer.Eng. Common verb in slang usages 19c.-20c.; to pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1980, probably on the notion of a captive animal; to pull (someone's) leg is from 1886, on notion of "playfully tripping." To pull one's punches is from 1934; pull in "arrive" is 1905, from the railroad; to pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. Pullover first recorded 1907. To pull rank is from 1923; to pull the rug from under (someone) is from 1946.
2. Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
3. Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”). See: Middle English 'pullen', Old English 'pullian', Low Saxon 'pulen', Icelandic 'púla'.

Verbs referencing "pull"

Dutch pulken.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You go long ! I'll boun ’ you pulled ’ em out; some o ’ your shines, ” said Aunt Chloe. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] leans against the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] cry out on ’ em ? ” said Aunt Chloe. “ Don't dey tear der suckin ’ baby right off his mother's breast, and sell him, and der little children as is crying and holding on by her clothes,—don't dey pull ’ em off and sells ’ em ? Don't dey tear wife and husband apart ? ” said Aunt Chloe, beginning to cry, “ when it's jest takin ’ the very life on ’ em ? — and all the while does they feel one bit, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Well, ’ said he, starting up, and pulling off his night-cap: ‘It 's all settled at last. I have arranged it with Queen Victoria. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Tom, let the door-knob alone,—there's a man ! Mary ! Mary ! don't pull the cat's tail,—poor pussy ! Jim, you mustn't climb on that table,—no, no ! — You don't know, my dear, what a surprise it is to us all, to see you here tonight ! ” said she, at last, when she found [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] breath short, and stood in silence. His wife, and their only colored domestic, old Aunt Dinah, were busily engaged in restorative measures; while old Cudjoe had got the boy on his knee, and was busy pulling off his shoes and stockings, and chafing his little cold feet. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • But we forbear, out of sympathy to our readers ’ bones. Western travellers, who have beguiled the midnight hour in the interesting process of pulling down rail fences, to pry their carriages out of mud holes, will have a respectful and mournful sympathy with our unfortunate hero. We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • " Is the gun really loaded ? " He pulls the gun and pulls out the clip... (This Is the Zodiac Speaking)
  • ♪ As I pulled away slowly ♪ Feeling so holy ♪ God knows I was feeling alive ♪ (Eephus)
  • Somebody's gonna pull it. We got to pivot. Get in her ear. (Disclosure Day)